How to Install and Uninstall cgpt Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "cgpt" package

Please follow the steps below to install cgpt on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install cgpt

2. Uninstall "cgpt" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall cgpt on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove cgpt $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the cgpt package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: cgpt
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 97
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Antonio Terceiro
Architecture: amd64
Source: vboot-utils
Version: 0~20121212-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Filename: pool/universe/v/vboot-utils/cgpt_0~20121212-3_amd64.deb
Size: 28630
MD5sum: d29e55823adb275bc4fd1e3bb07f25c1
SHA1: d8523b00ea6d3041140c5f9703fcd41fd6828b30
SHA256: 8d857290884f8ae2b40d3959d20785f3bc9ca26c09dc09f8908bb42e37ffbd10
Description-en: GPT manipulation tool with support for Chromium OS extensions
Cgpt is a tool to manipulate GUID Partition Table from command line. It also
supports Chromium OS extensions which allow to change priority for kernel
partitions.
Description-md5: 2af4b4b431dfea8dfb720f8ed0d5829d
Homepage: http://git.chromium.org/gitweb/?p=chromiumos/platform/vboot_reference.git;a=summary
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu